ECHOES. UNSEEN
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Evil Eye | The gaze that gazes back
The near-future domestic environment is shaped by a new anxiety—an overstimulation of visibility. The self is constantly watched: by systems, screens, eyes, and algorithms. In the world of post-optimal design, this object redefines interaction not as service, but as presence.
Across Asian, Arab and Mediterranean cultures, the Evil Eye—or nazar—is a deeply rooted belief that a gaze can’t be nevtral, even unintentionally cast, can cause harm, illness, or misfortune. Talismans, amulets, and rituals have long been used to revert this invisible force and absorbing the weight of envy and attention.
This object translates Evil Eye as a concept to a post-optimal electronic object. It stands as a critique to one’s self reflection of their gaze/thoughts.
Function-
The closer one moves, the brighter it glows, sustaining it’s responsive gaze by sensing proximmity 
The ultrasonic sensors all around the object detects closest proximmity and rotating motor mechanisms follows like its aware of your presence.Process
The object acts as a spiritual agent that channels unseen forces. As people move around it, they encounter their own visibility, their own gaze being met. Blending mysticism and technology, it challenges what we expect from electronics—asking not what does it do for me? but what does it make me feel?
